| 词条 | Robert H. Nesbitt |
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| honorific-prefix = | name = Robert H. Nesbitt | honorific-suffix = | image = | alt = | order = Australian Trade Commissioner to New Zealand | term_start = 1934 | term_end = 1937 | predecessor = Inaugural | successor = Charles Critchley OBE | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1883|6|24}} | birth_place = Isle of Man | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1966|6|29|1883|6|24}} | death_place = Double Bay, New South Wales | nationality = British | spouse = Ethel Lucie (née Murphy) | party = | relations = | children = | residence = | education = Balham Grammar School, London | occupation = Company secretary Accountant | profession = Trade diplomat | religion = Methodism | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }}Robert Henry Nesbitt (1883–1966) was the first Australian Trade Commissioner to New Zealand[1] and became chairman of the NSW Milk Board.[2] During World War II he was a business member of the Air Board.[3][4] He had extensive experience in the insurance industry and as a company secretary and accountant. Nesbit was an influential Methodist in New South Wales.[5] He served as the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Council of Newington College for two decades.[6] Early lifeNesbit was born on the Isle of Man and educated in England. He emigrated from Great Britain to Australia in 1902 and settled in New South Wales.[7] Trade CommissionerNesbitt was appointed Australian Trade Commissioner in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1934 and his primary task was to cultivate Australia and New Zealand trade.[8] He managed the trade diversion issue and negotiated a number of sensitive issues of trade diplomacy. New Zealand had for many years imported fresh citrus and pineapples from Australia but, in 1932, it imposed an embargo. This was in part retaliation against the Australian prohibition on the import of New Zealand potatoes that had been in force for several years. In 1933, Sir Walter Massy Greene initiated a discussion on these matters and secured a partial lifting of the embargo. Nesbitt was responsible for continuing the negotiations, and for tackling issues such as New Zealand's duties being higher than the British preferential rate. There are only limited records of Nesbitt’s time in New Zealand, but a measure of his effectiveness is indicated by the substantial growth in Australia–New Zealand trade in the mid-1930s and the avoidance of major trade disputes. In 1937, Nesbitt left the service to become chairman of the Milk Board of New South Wales.[9] Methodist ChurchThe Methodist Church of Australasia was formed in 1902 when Nesbitt emigrated to Australia and be became an active member of that Christian denomination. In 1929 the General Conference appointed him to the position of Lay General Treasurer of the Methodist Missionary Society of Australasia. For 20 years prior to that time he worked with young people of the church and was Lay Treasurer of the Young People's Department of New South Wales. He was a Trustee of the Methodist Ladies' College in Burwood and Annesley Methodist Girls' College in Bowral.[10] DeathNesbit died at home in Double Bay, New South Wales, on 29 June 1966, aged 83.[11] The Nesbit Wing at Newington College is named in his honour. It was opened 29 September 1961 by Sir Robert Menzies the then Prime Minister of Australia.[12] {{s-start}}{{s-bef|before=Inaugural}}{{s-ttl|title=ChairmanNewington College Council|years=1951–1964}}{{s-aft|after=Rev. Cecil Gribble O.B.E.}}{{s-end}} References1. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1193195 |title=FOSTERING TRADE WITH N.Z. |newspaper=The Courier-mail |issue=205 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=25 April 1934 |accessdate=7 October 2016 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Nesbitt, Robert}}2. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article104147651 |title=R. H. Nesbitt New Milk Board Chief |newspaper=The Land |issue=1348 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=9 April 1937 |accessdate=7 October 2016 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}} 3. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59184382 |title=AIR BOARD MEMBERS HERE |newspaper=Sunday Times (Perth) |issue=2411 |location=Western Australia |date=30 April 1944 |accessdate=7 October 2016 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}} 4. ^Air Board Australia Retrieved 7 October 2016. 5. ^{{Citation | title=Biographical cuttings on Robert H. Nesbitt, noted in The Methodist, 20 May, 1961, p. 5., containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals | publication-date=1900 | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/35906081 | accessdate=6 October 2016 }} 6. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article155622775 |title=WAR MEMORIAL SCIENCE BLOCK AT NEWINGTON COLLEGE |newspaper=The Methodist |volume=63, |issue=46 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=13 November 1954 |accessdate=7 October 2016 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}} 7. ^{{Citation | author1=State Library of Victoria. Council | title=Who's who in Australia [1935] : biographical sketches and photos of representative commercial, professional, financial, pastoral, and business men of Australia | publication-date=1990 | publisher=Council of the State Library of Victoria | isbn=978-0-7241-9778-1 }} 8. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article33248811 |title=TRADE WITH NEW ZEALAND. |newspaper=The West Australian |volume=50, |issue=9,950 |location=Western Australia |date=22 May 1934 |accessdate=6 October 2016 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia}} 9. ^[https://dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/historical-documents/Documents/history-of-trade-commissioner-service.pdf Emissaries of Trade: a history of the Australian trade commissioner service] Retrieved 6 October 2016. 10. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article155299392 |title=METHODIST LAYMEN |newspaper=The Methodist |volume=38, |issue=32 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=10 August 1929 |accessdate=7 October 2016 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}} 11. ^The Ryerson Index Retrieved 6 October 2016. 12. ^Speech by the Prime Minister, The Rt. Hon. R. G. Menzies at Newington College, Sydney on 29TH APRIL 1961 8 : 1883 births|1966 deaths|Manx emigrants to Australia|People from New South Wales|Australian diplomats|Australian public servants|Australian Methodists|Members of Newington College Council |
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